Here’s the PR description: “Answer the call of duty to take up arms against the Goblin-Cong, trudging through a napalm-scorched battlefield with a bad company of up to four wizard GIs, and earn new medals of honor and achievements as you eliminate scores of enemies with not-so-wizardly machine guns and a new napalm Magick, liberate prisoners from POW camps, and escape to a Huey before it gets shot down by a pistol—all of this, of course, in your stylish robe fatigues and hood-friendly helmet.”

]]>https://www.vg247.com/2011/04/12/magicka-vietnam-out-today-launch-trailer-released/feed/1Paradox Interactive set for massive growth in 2011https://www.vg247.com/2011/04/06/paradox-interactive-set-for-massive-growth-in-2011/
https://www.vg247.com/2011/04/06/paradox-interactive-set-for-massive-growth-in-2011/#respondWed, 06 Apr 2011 22:05:13 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=161577Paradox Interactive is already predicting massive revenue growth in 2011, thanks in part to the sales of a certain game called Magicka.

In an interview at Gamasutra, the publisher’s CEO Fredrik Wester said “We got a flying start with Magicka this year. That was really great, and kind of elevated us into the next level.”

Paradox predicted that 2011 will see revenues grow 65 to 70 percent over 2010. 2010 had already registered 50 percent growth in the company compared to 2009.

Wester said that the company’s employees stay in touch with its fans and customers. Wester publishes his own email address in the company’s official message board forums and instructs his company’s employees to read the forums daily.

“At least they should read it and see what people like, so that we can feel the general perception of how our games are seen in the marketplace and what our games are doing to the gamers,” he said.

Magicka’s first downloadable expansion pack, Magicka Vietnam, is due out next week.

Even if you do not plan on purchasing the DLC, you will still be able to play it providing the server host has the DLC installed.

Magicka: Vietnam features a lengthy challenge scenario that puts you in the combat boots and “stylish robe” of a Wizard GI. Players will venture into the Goblin-Cong jungle with up to three others in an attempt to “liberate prisoners from a POW camp and face off against deadly Vietnam themed enemies.”

Players will get to destroy enemy positions, and try to escape the perils of the jungle in order to get to the evacuation helicopter. An array of Vietnam-era weapons as well as special Magick that calls in a napalm strike on enemy positions has been added for the content, which should prove to be rather humorous to use.

The DLC also contains a new survival challenge map with increased difficulty in direct response to the request from the community.

“We’re big DICE fans, and we were sort of wondering how they’d take it when the press release went out,” Arrowhead founder Johan Pilested, told Ten Ton Hammer, going on to comment on a link to the Magicka: Vietnam trailer that appeared on the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 webpage.

Other inspirations include Rambo, Metal Gear Solid, Apocalypse Now, Left 4 Dead, and even Lost – in the form of a mysterious hatch.

Real world references come across in contemporary weaponry – the M-60 returns, bringing with it the M-16, the RPG, the Mosin Nagant, and the AK-47.

Meanwhile, Unknown Gamer spotted a tease on the Magicka Twitter feed, calling for an achievement for beating an Arrowhead or Paradox staff member. This was immediately followed by a comment that “we need PvP for that … we better build it right after Magicka Vietnam then”.

]]>https://www.vg247.com/2011/03/20/arrowhead-teases-magicka-multiplayer-vietnam-influences-discussed/feed/0Paradox announces Magicka: Vietnamhttps://www.vg247.com/2011/03/01/paradox-announces-magicka-vietnam/
https://www.vg247.com/2011/03/01/paradox-announces-magicka-vietnam/#commentsTue, 01 Mar 2011 17:08:27 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=152726Paradox Interactive made a surprise announcement at GDC today, announcing a new Magicka expansion that will take place in Vietnam.

The new content will let you roam the war-torn jungles of Vietnam, as you take on the role of four meek and physically inept wizards in their quest for blowing stuff up.